Settlement Remains from the Chalcolithic Period and Middle Bronze Age II at Naḥal Guvrin (Hebrew, pp. 1*–32*; English summary, pp. 245–246)

The Naḥal Guvrin site is located on a low hill along the western fringe of the southern Shephelah, c. 150 m south of the Naḥal Guvrin streambed. The excavation revealed the remains of a previously unknown Chalcolithic site of the Ghassulian-Be’er Sheva‘ Culture (Stratum II; Areas A1, A2) superposed by the remains of a Middle Bronze Age II village (Stratum I; Areas A2, B1, B2), identified in an earlier survey. The pottery from the Chalcolithic period comprises mainly storage vessels, probably attesting to the storage of agricultural products that were produced at the site. The pottery from the later stratum finds parallels in Strata P-6 through P-3 at nearby Tel Lakhish.